Launching of a V-2 rocket, Peenemünde, Germany, 1940s

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Caption     Launching of a V-2 rocket, Peenemünde, Germany, 1940s ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Peenemünde, Pommern, Germany
Date  1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   RH8II Bild-B0791-42 BSM
 
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Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met:
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You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 19 Jul 2023, "You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives on Wikimedia Common free of charge".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 563 x 800 pixels



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